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US 6,746,364 B2Granted
Toroidal-type continuously variable transmission
AssigneeNsk Ltd.
InventorTakashi Imanishi
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Abstract
A toroidal-type continuously variable transmission includes an oil supply passage formed in a trunnion, for lubricating bearing parts supporting power rollers. The oil supply passage is structured by a groove formed in the inner surface of the trunnion and a plate-shaped cover member for covering the groove.
Claims3
A toroidal-type continuously variable transmission, comprising:
- an input shaft supported to be rotatable;
- an input side disk including an inner surface having a section thereof formed as an arc-shaped concave surface and rotatable together with said input shaft;
- an output side disk including an inner surface opposed to said inner surface of said input side disk and having a section formed as an arc-shaped concave surface, disposed coaxially with said input side disk, and supported so as to be rotatable with respect to said input side disk;
- a trunnion disposed to be swingable about a pivot shaft situated at a twisted position with respect to center axes of said input side and output side disks;
- a displacement shaft supported on said trunnion;
- a pivot shaft formed on one end of said trunnion;
- a plurality of power rollers respectively including peripheral surfaces formed as spherical-shaped convex surfaces, supported on said displacement shaft to be rotatable, and held by and between said input side and output side disks;
- a thrust rolling bearing positioned between the outer surfaces of said power rollers and the inner surface of said trunnion;
- and,
- an oil supply passage formed in said trunnion,
- wherein said oil supply passage is structured by a groove formed in the inner surface of said trunnion, one end of the groove extending up to a penetration hole formed in the pivot shaft, and a cover member for covering said groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.